Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-30

Quarterly meeting at the NJ. E. church
next Sabbath
The Rev. Mr.. Mckenzie is stopping in
this place few weeks.
d. B. Cushing and wife, and Mr.
Lord, go to Willoughby next week for
few days rest and recreation.
Mrs. H. P Cushing's mother is still
failing.
Anna Jenkins who has been very sick
with diphtheria the past week, is better.
sheffield.
Eight candidates were received into
the NJ. E. church last Sabbath.
Mr.. Clapp has moved from the Nancy
Smith house to the Topham house on
the Square
Gilman Nelson and family from Cali
fornia are visiting relatives and friends
in the town.
Children's day will be observed at the
Free Will Baptist church. Bring flowers
and the birds.
The selectmen have purchased road
machine and have commenced work,
putting on three yoke of oxen.
Miss Lorraine Simpson is in quite poor
health Mrs. Asa Barber is also in very
| poor health.
| James Drown and family have moved
| from the James Drown house back with
his father, Franklin Gray.-Mrs Fanny
| Gifffn is back to town.
sutton.
| Moses Briggs barn was struck by
lightning on Tuesday last, and burned.
A daughter of Mrs William Ruggles
from the west is visiting in town.
R. Ellis who has served as chorister
for the last thirty-seven years, was
unanimously reappointed chorister by
his choir last Saturday.
We learn that Rev. W. Henry Holmes,
son of Mr.. Holmes of this village, is
doing grand work in his church IN
Chicago He is located in a passionate
near the great stock yards and is very
popular with the laboring classes of
that neighborhood; over one hundred
members have been added to his church
within short period.
HardwicIx.
O. H. Marsh purposes raising up the old
school-house building and adding another
story, making a tenement on each floor.
The sidewalk fever recently broke out
again, and after a short run past the town
hall and Methodist parsonage lots it sub
sided.
Decoration Day is to be observed here
by parade of the Grand Army Post, as
sisted by the band, and an address by
Hon. H. H. Powers of Morrisville.
1t is reported that O. c. Arnold is tC
return here, erect a granite shed IL
connection with the building he erected
ed in 1885, and employ a force of cutters
to fill orders furnished by the granite Co
at So Ryegate.
The remains of L. NJ. AinSwOrth, killed
on a granite quarry at Barre last weel
Tuesday, were brought here for funera
services and burial on Wednesday. Bein:
, a member of our Grand Army Post, IN
was buried with the usual hOnOrs by tina
t organization.
} BAD RAILROAD ACCDENT.-On Frida
afternoon last as a freight train from tn
: west was approaching So. Hardwick, tn
: engine fell into a washout caused by tn
+ Eaton brook, which was badly swollen b.
the shower which ragged that afternoon
: and the fireman, Jack Tatro, and the Ell
o gineer, Zepheniah Chappell, were killed
the fireman instantly and the engineer wa
: so badly hurt as to die in a few hours
The conductor, Walter Welcome, was il
iured in the leg, but was able to be take
home to ST. Johnsbury the same evening
4 | FatrU and Chappell lived in SwantOn. Th
washout was caused by the damming u
of the water at culvert which diverte
it from its course and carried out tn
: earth under the track, leaving it suspend
ed, so that the engineer did not discove
.. the danger until it was too late to avel
the calamity. Five cars were thrown frol
the track and more or less damaged. TIL
brakeman and a passenger were at tn
rear and were not hurt. The wOunde
men were taken to the Batchelder hote
and the most possible done for them b
physicians and friends.